thy thigh etc.

[Larry Trask]

--On Monday, May 21, 2001 2:50 pm +0000 Douglas G Kilday
<acnasvers at hotmail.com> wrote:

> That is how I was considering it. If you "point out" or "demonstrate"
> something, it acquires definiteness. As a conjunction, "though" means
> "despite the fact that" and "the fact" is definite. As an adverb, "though"
> means "nevertheless", which specifies a definite degree of difference
> (nothing). I'd like to see a sentence in which "but" and "though" are
> interchangeable.

OK.  How about this one?

  She is bright but careless.
  She is bright though careless.

Any good?

Larry Trask
COGS
University of Sussex
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